Jerome Robert Dupont was a Canadian

Canada

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 professional

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 ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 defenceman

Defenceman (ice hockey)

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Jerome Dupont played for the Toronto Marlboros

Toronto Marlboros

The Toronto Marlborough Athletic Club, commonly known as the Toronto Marlboros, was founded in 1903. It operated a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association and Ontario Hockey League from 1904 to 1989...

 of the Ontario Hockey League

Ontario Hockey League

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 at the age of 16. He was drafted in the first round, 15th overall by the Chicago Black Hawks

Chicago Blackhawks

The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10...

 in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft

1980 NHL Entry Draft

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. He retired in 1987 after seven years of NHL

National Hockey League

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 with the Blackhawks and the Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs

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 and AHL

American Hockey League

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 hockey with the Springfield Indians

Springfield Indians

The Springfield Indians were a minor professional ice hockey franchise, originally based in West Springfield, Massachusetts and later Springfield, Massachusetts. The Indians were founding members of the American Hockey League. They were in existence for a total of 60 seasons from 1926 to 1994, with...

 and Newmarket Saints

Newmarket Saints

The Newmarket Saints were a minor league hockey team in Newmarket, Ontario. It played in the American Hockey League from 1986–91 as the farm team of the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Ray Twinney Complex....

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He started his junior coaching career with the 1998 Thornhill Rattlers of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League

Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League

The Ontario Junior Hockey League is a Junior A ice hockey league under the supervision of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The league dates back to 1954 as the Central Junior B Hockey League. In 1993, the Central Junior B Hockey League was promoted to the...

. Within two years the team won the Dudley Hewitt Cup

Dudley Hewitt Cup

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 as Central Canadian Junior "A" Champions. In 2006–07, as the coach of the Aurora Tigers

Aurora Tigers

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, he led the team to the Dudley Hewitt Cup, and then later won the Royal Bank Cup 2007

Royal Bank Cup 2007

The 2007 Royal Bank Cup is the Junior "A" 2007 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior A Hockey League. The 2007 National Champions were the Aurora Tigers, winning their second title in four years....

as National Junior "A" Champions.

When Jerome went and played in the United States he was given the nickname Jerry, simply because Jerome wasen't really a common name among his American team mates

On November 4 he was named head coach of the Olympiques de Gatineau of the LHJMQ.
Currently Jerome is the head coach of the Trenton Golden Hawks, a JR A team in Ontario Canada

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His real name is Jerome
Not Jerry